afgaan

From Dutch afgaan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈafχɑːn/

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afgaan (present gaan af, present participle afgaande, past participle afgegaan)

1. to go down; descend

• opgaan

From Middle Dutch afgaen. Equivalent to af +‎ gaan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑfxaːn/

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• Hyphenation: af‧gaan

afgaan

1. (intransitive) to go off
2. (intransitive) to go down
3. (intransitive) to lose face
4. (intransitive) (of a telephone) to ring
5. (intransitive) to defecate
6. (intransitive) to base oneself, to depend [with op ‘on’]

• afgang

• aangaf, gaan af, gaf aan